23-12-2019, 04:40 PM
(23-12-2019, 03:27 PM)Reckless Rat Wrote: The two differing values probably relate to static timing and dynamic timing. If you're not happy with the car's set up, setting the distributor with points just opening at TDC should allow the engine to start. You can then advance the distributor if necessary to find the best running. The distributor will automatically advance the ignition above tick-over speeds unlike earlier Sevens which had manual control. However..." if it's not broke then don't mend it" is always a good adage.
Don't lose sight of the fact that a Big Seven shares very little in common with the earlier models, apart from the name. The engines are completely different and few, (if any) parts are interchangeable although they may at first appear so. The car was later renamed the Austin 8.
The Austin 8 was a very different car, though the engine was like the Big7. The 8 had a totally new chassis with semi-elliptic springs, it was almost unit construction.